What are short text messages?
One of the key capabilities of GSM mobile phones is the ability to receive and send short text messages (SMS). A short text message consists of letters, digits, punctuation and possibly other symbols. Its maximum length is 160 characters.

What services do we offer?
If you have the Text Service activated (click here for the activation process), you can send short messages from your GSM mobile phone to any GSM mobile phone, either in the EuroTel GSM Global network, or to other domestic and foreign mobile telephone networks that support this service.
Activating the Text Service also gives you the possibility of using the extensive GSM InfoText information services based on communication using short text messages. You can also use the SMS Plus service, which expands the communication capabilities of your mobile phone to include faxing, sending e-mails and sending messages to pagers.

As well as sending short messages from your GSM mobile phone, you can send them using SMS Gate from the Internet, both by e-mail and from EuroTel Praha’s website.

Procedure for sending a text message
on the menu of your mobile phone select write text message and write the message you intend to send to another GSM mobile phone. Write the text by pressing the numbers on your keypad in the right order.
enter the number of the GSM mobile phone the message is to be sent to.
You can enter the telephone number of the recipient in the EuroTel GSM Global network (and abroad) in the following form: 0602 XXX XXX or 0606 XXX XXX
for recipients in other GSM networks use the international code: +ICC YYY XXX XXX

ICC … means the international country dialling code
YYY … means the network operator’s prefix
XXX XXX … means the last six digits of the message recipient’s telephone number (e.g. +421 905 123 456 is: +421 … Slovakia, 0905 … Globtel mobile telephone operator, 123 456 … network subscriber’s telephone number)

enter the SMS Centre’s number in the appropriate setting of your GSM mobile phone in this form: +420 602 909 909.

The ”SMS Centre ” can have a different name in your mobile phone, e.g. Messages Centre, Message Centre Number, Service Centre etc.
We recommend that you save the centre’s number in your phone’s memory – then you won’t have to enter it every time you send a message!

send the message by selecting the appropriate command in the telephone’s menu (you will find specific details in the guide to using your mobile phone).

Delivery of the text message
Once sent from the phone the text message travels to EuroTel Praha’s SMS Centre, which instantaneously delivers it to the target mobile phone. If the delivery fails, e.g. the target phone is switched off, the Centre automatically tries to re-send the message for a period of 24 hours. In this way the text message is delivered to the target phone immediately it is switched on. If the message has still not been delivered 24 hours later, it is erased from the SMS Centre.

Delivery confirmation
When sending a message you can request confirmation of delivery. Most GSM mobile phones offer this function in the telephone’s menu; in other types confirmation can be pre-assigned by inserting four ”Y” symbols, i.e. YYYY without gaps, before the text of the message. The initial symbols are not sent with the message.”

* NB: Do not use this function (do not enter) with GSM InfoText, SMS Reminder and SMS Plus!

Text messages and re-routing the mobile phone
You can use short text messages to communicate discretely, even if you have re-routed all your calls to your voice message recorder (e.g. if you do not want to be disturbed by long phone calls). This is because text messages are also delivered to telephones that are actively re-routing calls!

Short text messages to and from abroad
You can send your text messages in the ordinary way to other mobile phone operators in foreign (domestic) GSM networks that EuroTel Praha has a roaming agreement with and that supports SMS. Also, if you are abroad you can send and receive text messages, provided that the international roaming service is activated and the other operator supports SMS.

Suitable types of mobile phone
All mobile phones offered by EuroTel Praha can receive text messages and the vast majority of them can also send them. The following telephones cannot offer send short text messages: Motorola 7500, Ericsson GH 318 and the Nokia 1610 limited series.

Activating text services
If you use a pre-paid GO card in your mobile phone, SMS has automatically been activated for you. If you are a user of one of the three EuroTel GSM Global services programmes, you can activate SMS in one of the following ways:

Via the voice information system (without using the operator). Follow these steps: Dial *11 (Customer Care Department) > 1 (communication in Czech) > 2 (finding out the state of your account, introducing or changing services) > 1 (introducing or changing services) > YYYXXXXXX# (your mobile phone number) > YYYYYY# (your six-digit identification number) > 4 (introducing SMS)

Via the Customer Care Centre (*11). After connecting to the Voice Information System enter 1 (communication in Czech) and then 4 (connection to the Customer Care Department). Once you have entered your identification code (the six-digit number you obtained on activation) the operator will activate SMS for you.
By a written request for activation of SMS addressed to the Customer Care Department. (The request can be sent by post to EuroTel Praha’s address or faxed to 02/67016733).

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